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TravelPod Member Reviews Gran Via Madrid

Such a Fun Place

There was so much to see and do here! The people watching and locals were amazing. You can shop, have tapas, Churros y chocolate, just wander around the streets to see the locals. It was so much fun!

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Madrid's broadway

k0k0m022 contributionsArgentinaOct 4, 2013

Gran Via was the place were cinemas and theatres used to be and still has some artistic atmosphere floating on it. During daytime it's full of people but at nightime it might get a bit unpleasant

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Madrid`s most famous street

annielu2 contributionsSlovakiaApr 28, 2012

Along this Great Way, as its name translates, there are hundreds of businesses - shops, stores, hotels, banks, restaurants, bars, cinemas and theatres - making this perhaps one of the most important commercial districts in the city.

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Gran Via

latravelista10 contributionsVancouver, CanadaOct 1, 2010

Busy shopping and entertainment district in Madrid. Excellent shopping and dining options.

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Gran Via Madrid

Well today was a relaxing, beautiful day and was truly what the doctor ordered. Class was awesome today and I really feel myself gathering more confidence to participate, answer questions, and understand whats going on. Don’t get me wrong, there is some times when I have no idea what the …

What a weekend in Madrid!!! Here is a summary: walking, eating tapas, dancing, not sleeping and taking pictures....hahaha

One of my first travels from Zaragoza and it was definitely a lot of fun, and left me craving more! I went with 3 other friends. Kristen, Katharina (a friend from my Spanish class) and Alina (a friend from Kristens …

Today I left the hotel at 9:30 and took the bus to the Reina Sofia Art Center where a Dali exhibition is taking place. The museum opened at 10 am and I left it at 2 pm, glad to be able to see the Dali collection and the Guernica the main painting in the museum along with other modern art productions there. http://www.museoreinasofia.es/en< …

As I have mentioned already, we were flying from London to Lima through Madrid, where we had around 10 hours break, so we decided to visit the city. We landed to Madrid Barajas airport at around noon and left our luggage at the airport, took the metro to the centre and easily walk in the city enjoying the fresh air, sunny day and nice architecture …

On the flight over to Spain, Sue (my mother's cousin who works for Delta that flew over with me) and I both got to sit in Business Class thanks to the buddy pass I had. We had full reclining seats and a 3 course dinner. After that, I passed out and awoke to a sunrise in Spain. We arrived here in Spain early in the morning around 9 o'clock. We took …

First stop was Madrid, such a beautiful city with buzzing plazas and little eating nooks. We stayed at very funky hostel, the Cat's Hostel, which was right in the heart of the city and near the major shopping district. As we were only there for one night we crammed as much as we could in making sure we ate tapas, drank sangria and went shopping! We …

9/7/2014 Day 2: (Sunday) We arrived in Madrid around 10:15 am and was met by Daniel (our tour director) at the airport. We then boarded the bus and was taken to our hotel. After settling into our room we all met down in the lobby and went on a walking tour of the town ending up at the Plaza del Sol. While we were standing in line at the ATM, a man …

I've always dreamed of going to Spain because of the taiwanese drama series I used to watch -Meteor's shower' - there were a few episodes taken in the backdrop of the beautiful Barcelona, and that was when I fell in love with Spain (or Barcelona) I was given a chance to attend the International Marketing Manager's Meeting of my company in Madrid …

We arrived in Madrid by 6pm and had a smooth transition to the hostel. It is a fairly new place to open so was still pretty cheap and was a great location - right on the Plaza Mayor. The first couple of days we dipped into the Spanish culture. We went to a flamenco show on our first night which was brilliant. The dancers and singers were so …

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